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How to pronounce pylorus in English?

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Type Words
Type of opening, orifice, porta
Derivation pyloric

Examples of pylorus

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In this study, gastric acid secretion studies were undertaken using pylorus-ligated rats.
From the sciencedaily.com
In about one in every 300 to 500 newborns, the pylorus muscle grows faster than the infant.
From the kentucky.com
I suspect that what Isaacson probably meant was a pylorus-sparing Whipple, as I discussed before.
From the scienceblogs.com
Others underwent a pylorus-preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy, in which the head of the pancreas is removed.
From the sciencedaily.com
Together with the contractions of the proximal and distal stomach, opening and closing of the pylorus controls gastric emptying.
From the nature.com
More often, the corrosive juices empty through the pylorus into the duodenum, the second chamber in man's digestive tract, and start eating through part of that.
From the time.com
The pylorus, the sphincter muscle that controls the lower opening of the stomach where it empties into the upper part of the small intestine, was marked on each video.
From the sciencedaily.com
Two investigators who were not told which therapy the participants received, reviewed each video beginning after the pylorus, where the small intestine starts.
From the sciencedaily.com
In severe duodenal ulcers it may be necessary to remove the lower portion of the stomach called the pylorus and the upper portion of the small intestine called the duodenum.
From the en.wikipedia.org
More examples
  • A small circular opening between the stomach and the duodenum
  • (pyloric) relating to or near the pylorus
  • A card marked in degrees and having sightings on it that is used to take bearings relative to the ship, rather than magnetic bearings as taken with a compass.
  • Outflow tract of the stomach.